Gold Collection [Retro] (1998) more music like this

by Ray Charles

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Georgia on My Mind [Joker] (1988) more music like this

by Ray Charles

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The Ray Charles Collection (2005) more music like this

by Ray Charles

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Forever Gold [Single Disc] (1999) more music like this

by Ray Charles

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The Complete Swing Time & Down Beat Recordings 1949-1952 (1997) more music like this

by Ray Charles

The light blues and jazz of Ray Charles' early recordings were heavily influenced by Nat King Cole, and Charles frequently recorded in a similar trio format. His sound changed dramatically soon after he signed to Atlantic in 1952: His singing became more forceful and confident, and his rock 'n' soul performances were unlike anything he had done ...

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Genius Anthology (2005) more music like this

by Ray Charles

Even the most distinctive artists don't necessarily start out that way. Before John Coltrane found his voice and became one of jazz' greatest innovators, he went through periods of emulating Charlie Parker (when he played alto sax in a '40s navy band) and, after that, Dexter Gordon. Larry Young, a groundbreaking organist, emulated Jimmy Smith ...

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Blues Before Sunrise [ZYX] (2002) more music like this

by Ray Charles

Not to be confused with the '60s Dynamic release of the same name, Blues Before Sunrise is actually a stellar compilation of some of pianist/vocalist Ray Charles' best early cuts from the '50s through the '60s. This is Charles as postwar piano maverick, often crossing between raw Amos Milburn-style blues tracks and Nat King Cole-inflected jazz ...

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Confession Blues (2001) more music like this

by Ray Charles

This three-disc compendium of Ray Charles' earliest sides is a portrait (and not a very good sounding one at that) of Charles as a blues singer and a Nat King Cole-like ballad singer (disc three in particular has the latter), before the gospel went into his performances. Charles was a fine performer early on, but this is not the same Ray Charles ...

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The Birth of a Legend (1992) more music like this

by Ray Charles

Of all the countless compilations that have been stitched together of Ray Charles' early sides for Jack Lauderdale's Swing Time Records, this two-disc box is the only CD package that treats these enormously important works with the reverent respect that they deserve (meaning decent mono sound quality instead of murky electronic reprocessed stereo ...

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Definitive Gold (2006)

by Ray Charles

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Star Power: Ray Charles (2001) more music like this

by Ray Charles

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This Is Gold (2004) more music like this

by Ray Charles

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The Genius of Ray Charles [Madacy] (1999) more music like this

by Ray Charles

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Heart and Soul (2006) more music like this

by Ray Charles

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The Essential Collection [Metro] (2005) more music like this

by Ray Charles

Metro's 2005 compilation The Essential Collection is a 24-track sampler of Ray Charles' early recordings -- meaning his Swingtime sides cut between 1949 and 1951. This is long before he started having hits on Atlantic, so there's not much here that's familiar, but there is much here that's good, even if there are times that Charles does show the ...

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Genius [TKO] (2002) more music like this

by Ray Charles

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Blues Before Sunrise [Pazzazz] (2005) more music like this

by Ray Charles

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Forever Gold: Ray Charles (2007) more music like this

by Ray Charles

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Genius of Ray Charles [Deuce] (1996) more music like this

by Ray Charles

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Blues Is My Middle Name [Pazzazz] (2005) more music like this

by Ray Charles

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Anthology [United Multi Consign] (2005) more music like this

by Ray Charles

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In the Beginning 1949-1952 (2004) more music like this

by Ray Charles

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Essential Ray Charles: The Very Best of the Early Years (2006) more music like this

by Ray Charles

It bears a very similar title to Metro's 2005 comp The Essential Collection, but Metro's 2006 comp The Essential Ray Charles: The Very Best of the Early Years is 11 tracks longer than their other set, and has a second disc to boot. Nevertheless, it covers the same ground -- his pre-Atlantic work for Swingtime, cut between 1949 and 1951 -- as the ...

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Ray Charles [St. Clair] (2007) more music like this

by Ray Charles

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Essential Collection [Cleopatra] (2002) more music like this

by Ray Charles

Released by Cleopatra, The Essential Collection offers a serviceable anthology of some of Ray Charles' best work, including "Georgia on My Mind," "What'd I Say," "Can't You See Darlin'," "Don't Put All Your Dreams in One Basket," "A Sentimental Blues," "Baby Won't You Please Come Home," "I Got a Woman," "Late in the Evening Blues," and "You Be My ...

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